Dr. Frank Lewis Publishes Book on Advances in Industrial Control

Cover of Integral and Inverse Reinforcement Learning for Optimal Control Systems and Games by Dr. Frank Lewis, Bosen Lian, Wenqian Xue, Hamidreza Modares, and Bahare Kiumarsi

Dr. Frank Lewis’s, Moncrief-O’Donnell Endowed Chair, Professor, Electrical Engineering Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, book Integral and Inverse Reinforcement Learning for Optimal Control Systems and Games has been published. Advances in Industrial Control is a series of monographs and contributed titles focusing on the applications of advanced and novel control…

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UTARI Seminar – Dr. Suhas Chelian

Each seminar highlights a different speaker who will discuss their latest research projects, cutting-edge technology or what is happening within certain technological industries. These industries include biomedical technologies or microsystems, assistive technologies, automation and intelligent systems, unmanned systems, advanced manufacturing and composite materials. Title: There and back again with neuromorphic…

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Dr. Ye Cao Wins CAREER Award

Portrait of Dr. Ye Cao

Dr. Ye Cao, Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, has earned a five-year, $500,000 CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to make computer processing of large amounts of data faster and more efficient with devices called memristors. Applications such as deep learning require computers that can process large amounts…

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Dr. Nick Gans Receives UT System Rising STAR Award

Portrait of Dr. Nick Gans

Dr. Nick Gans, Head of UTARI’s Automation and Intelligent Systems division and Associate Professor, Computer Science & Engineering, is a recipient of the University of Texas System Rising Star Award. STARs Awards of up to $300,000 may be made for recruitment or retention of promising faculty members who are recruited…

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UTARI Seminar – Dr. Diego Patiño

Each seminar highlights a different speaker who will discuss their latest research projects, cutting-edge technology or what is happening within certain technological industries. These industries include biomedical technologies or microsystems, assistive technologies, automation and intelligent systems, unmanned systems, advanced manufacturing and composite materials. Abstract: Our world is inherently geometric because…

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UTARI Research Assistants Place at CAMX

Four UTARI MSAS Lab students—Sharif Sakif Hassan, Connor Berberek, Arturo Chavez Garcia, and Monjur Morshed Rabby—standing together in front of their research posters at CAMX 2024 in San Diego

Two University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute (UTARI) students from Material State Assessment and Sustainability (MSAS) Lab made significant impressions at the Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) 2024 and University Research Symposium (URS) held in San Diego, CA from September 7-12, 2024. Sharif Sakif Hassan and Connor Berberek,…

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Every Step We Take: could a smart insole treat diabetic foot ulcers?

Artistic illustration of a pair of human feet standing on a textured surface, with highlighted pressure points and subtle skin markings indicating areas prone to diabetic foot ulcers

Foot ulcers are strongly related to diabetes mellitus and arise from secondarycomplications of the disease. Although many factors contribute to the development ofulcers, the major contributors are peripheral neuropathy, poor blood circulation, footdeformities, and an impaired immune response. High blood sugar levels can damage nerves, particularly in the distal part…

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